Tag: Rural Revitalization

Perth-Andover: A Growing Village!

Re-Purposing Perth-Andover: THE Environmental FACTOR by Francine St.Amand Environment and Education: both sides of the same coin. You can’t improve the state of the environment without being educated on the matter. Education here means knowledge and wisdom gained through life experience … being in tune with and developing an...

Winter in Our Village

By Brenda Goodine On a long cold night in winter, the Village of Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, a small community near the Appalachian Range snuggles in upon itself. Under a cover of wood smoke from “The Castle Inn”, quieted by huge snowbanks and the red rock fortress on either side...

Where Do We Go From Here?

A rant in 2 parts Al McPhail Part 1 Now, the hard part. How do we get our village on the right road again? How do we make ourselves whole? The past couple of years have been the most challenging in the history of our village. We are facing...

New Village Development Idea Presented to Council

Stephanie Kelley Local folks have been stepping up to the plate with some great new ideas for ways to revitalize our local communities, and to repurpose flood prone land in Perth-Andover. At the most recent council meeting in Perth, Dilys Sabine presented her thoughts on creating a local Equestrian...

GEORGETOWN CONFERENCE ON RURAL REVITALIZATION

By Francine St.Amand SHUT UP!!! In a nutshell, that was THE most important message I got from the Georgetown Conference. These were Doug Griffiths’ words, when he spoke about how adults suffocate the courage and creativity out of each other and especially, youth. Author of 13 Ways to Kill...